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secretary of state hillary clinton says the united states government has now opened a new inquiry into the attack, an attack libya insists was preplanned. president obama says it's still unclear whether al qaeda was involved. meanwhile, in benghazi, the late ambassador chris stevens and the three other americans killed were remembered at a memorial servi service. >>> well, it's the moment so many consumers have been waiting for, the iphone 5 finally debuts today. people have been lining up for days all over the world for the latest smartphone from apple. the very first of the new handsets was sold in australia to cheers. iphone 5 presales alone topped 2 million according to the company. let's take an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc's karen in new york. >> it's going to be getting to the front of the queue because the queues are long. as you mentioned australia, asia and europe is going to be selling the device in the united states later on today. but many people, in fact, won't get to see the device probably till october as the company pla
secretary of state hillary clinton says the united states government has now opened a new inquiry into the attack, an attack libya insists was preplanned. president obama says it's still unclear whether al qaeda was involved. meanwhile, in benghazi, the late ambassador chris stevens and the three other americans killed were remembered at a memorial servi service. >>> well, it's the moment so many consumers have been waiting for, the iphone 5 finally debuts today. people have been...
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my message to the federal government, no bureaucracy and red tape. get it where it's needed as fast as possible and for the duration. the recovery process in a place like new jersey is going to take a significant amount of time. the recovery process in lower manhattan will take a lot of time. part of bwhat we're doing here s to see where some resources could be brought to bear that maybe traditionally are not used in these kind of disaster situations. for example, there may be military assets that allow us to help move equipment to ensure that pumping and getting the flooding out of new york subway systems can proceed more quickly. there may be resources we can bring to bear to help some of the private utilities get their personnel and their equipment in place more swiftly so we can get power up and rung as soon as possible. so my message to the governors and the mayors and through them, through the communities that have been hit so hard, is that we are going to do everything we can to get resources to you and make sure that any unmet need that is id
my message to the federal government, no bureaucracy and red tape. get it where it's needed as fast as possible and for the duration. the recovery process in a place like new jersey is going to take a significant amount of time. the recovery process in lower manhattan will take a lot of time. part of bwhat we're doing here s to see where some resources could be brought to bear that maybe traditionally are not used in these kind of disaster situations. for example, there may be military assets...
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i don't have any government affiliation. an i.d. card with my picture issued by the government. what should they do? >> we would ask any pennsylvanian who has a question about whether or not they have the necessary papers unfortunately to vote to go to our web page, www.padems.com/vote and as we canvas and as they go to our web page, we will drill down with them to see if they have what it takes to vote in pennsylvania and if they don't, we will make sure they have it. either we will take them ourselves or make arrangements to get to where they need tog to qualify. we'll make sure that happens and then circle l back with them closer to november to be sure not only -- >> go ahead. >> not only that we have what they need to voe, we'll get them there. >> if you're a big city democrat or republican, go to your committee person. thanks for joining us. this is an amazing assault. this is an attempt to keep people who are older, poorer, who don't have the money to go out and find the penndot or whatever you have to go, dmz. dmv. talk about it. >> and also, college students. most of the
i don't have any government affiliation. an i.d. card with my picture issued by the government. what should they do? >> we would ask any pennsylvanian who has a question about whether or not they have the necessary papers unfortunately to vote to go to our web page, www.padems.com/vote and as we canvas and as they go to our web page, we will drill down with them to see if they have what it takes to vote in pennsylvania and if they don't, we will make sure they have it. either we will take...
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they favor small role for government. in a campaign which role of government and taxes and spending are the key issues, this breakdown is not surprising. what is interesting is that the gender gap has been around a long time. which size is able to maximize its gender better and hold its own among the other? what we are seeing is the president's ability to hold women. he is doing well among single women. quinnipiac did a poll earlier where the overall margin was in the same situation. single women were backing mr. obama 2-1. >> the numbers you would think would be daunting. more people think they are worse off four years ago than they were today. the president maintains his lead overall. you would think that would help mitt romney. >> you would think it is. it probably does to an extent. one of the problems mr. romney has is that voters just don't like him very much. we asked voters if they have a favorable, unfavorable of the president. they have a net unfavorable of the president and unfavorable for mitt romney. >> polls
they favor small role for government. in a campaign which role of government and taxes and spending are the key issues, this breakdown is not surprising. what is interesting is that the gender gap has been around a long time. which size is able to maximize its gender better and hold its own among the other? what we are seeing is the president's ability to hold women. he is doing well among single women. quinnipiac did a poll earlier where the overall margin was in the same situation. single...
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chen's crime in the eyes of the chinese government was to expose forced abortions and sterilizations over the country's one-child policy. the 40-year-old self-trained lawyer, was jailed in 2006, and then put under house arrest. he says he and his wife were beaten, his young daughter harassed. his every movement was monitored. visitors prevented from meeting with him. yet he was able secretly to plot his escape. secretary clinton, due here wednesday for previously-scheduled talks, has been critical of chen's house arrest. >> i can certainly guarantee that we will be discussing every matter, including human rights, that is pending between us. >> reporter: one big sticking point may be chen's stated preference to stay in chine and fight for justice, instead of accepting a one-way ticket to exile. another is the fate of his family. now under virtual house arrest, them ssts and to his supporters, some of whom have been detained since his escape. back to you. >>> well one year ago today, president obama, gave the go-ahead for the military mission that led to the death of osama bin laden. n
chen's crime in the eyes of the chinese government was to expose forced abortions and sterilizations over the country's one-child policy. the 40-year-old self-trained lawyer, was jailed in 2006, and then put under house arrest. he says he and his wife were beaten, his young daughter harassed. his every movement was monitored. visitors prevented from meeting with him. yet he was able secretly to plot his escape. secretary clinton, due here wednesday for previously-scheduled talks, has been...
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. >> instead of free enterprise, choosing the winners and losers, instead the government and the people in power will choose who they want to give special favors to. >> reporter: the boston globe endorsed jon huntsman calling him best prepared. hundredsman sl >> the people of new hampshire don't want a coronation, they want people to earn the vote as opposed to sitting tonight down in south carolina, so certain of a victory. >> reporter: huntsman backers have doubled their ad buys. newt gingrich promises to keep his ads positive but challenged romney's credentials. >> he's not a conservative. it's a joke for him to call himself a conservative. it's a saturday night live skit. >> reporter: rick santorum is calling his eight-vote loss in iowa a tie and is not backing away from religion. >> we always need a jesus candidate. we always need something more than themselves, some higher power, and not just the economy. >> reporter: back here in washington, a citizen's group that focuses on ethics is asking the justice department to investigate whether newt gingrich was lobbying when he got over
. >> instead of free enterprise, choosing the winners and losers, instead the government and the people in power will choose who they want to give special favors to. >> reporter: the boston globe endorsed jon huntsman calling him best prepared. hundredsman sl >> the people of new hampshire don't want a coronation, they want people to earn the vote as opposed to sitting tonight down in south carolina, so certain of a victory. >> reporter: huntsman backers have doubled...
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governing vision for the country? you offer a governing vision for the country and then you tell people how you're going to specifically do it. he's accepting the premise of wongish questions that the vast majority of the american people don't understand and probably don't want to understand because it reminds them of a scene from the movie" dave." is the government too big or not? are taxes too high or not? >> or how about this one, do you need revenue or not? what about that one? that doesn't mean anything? >> well, that's the conversation that democrats want to have. >> but don't you think that's the conversation that american people want -- if you tell me you want to look at the deficit and you want to pay our debt for wars, for example, that were not paid for -- as i understand it when you pay for medicare and medicaid and some of the interests, everything else is paid for by loans. from china. if you want to talk about the numbers here, you have to talk about how to pay your bill. that's like having a conversati
governing vision for the country? you offer a governing vision for the country and then you tell people how you're going to specifically do it. he's accepting the premise of wongish questions that the vast majority of the american people don't understand and probably don't want to understand because it reminds them of a scene from the movie" dave." is the government too big or not? are taxes too high or not? >> or how about this one, do you need revenue or not? what about that...
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i think of the hoover commission we re-organized to form the federal government. there was something human. nixon had two great daughters and didn't have a son. maybe bill clinton was the kind of political star he imagined having for a son and maybe bill clinton who had his own imperfections didn't see him as a holier than how to that is judgmental. i love to see how they get along, at least after the day-to-day politics are over with. wouldn't it be great if they can show the same humanity playing the political game? wouldn't it be good for the country to let their human side show, showing the human compromises to get to that of
i think of the hoover commission we re-organized to form the federal government. there was something human. nixon had two great daughters and didn't have a son. maybe bill clinton was the kind of political star he imagined having for a son and maybe bill clinton who had his own imperfections didn't see him as a holier than how to that is judgmental. i love to see how they get along, at least after the day-to-day politics are over with. wouldn't it be great if they can show the same humanity...
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but what a board does is very important, frankly not only to the governance of the company, the direction they are taking and major decisions they are taking. even though you may not be involved in the day to day management of bain or the companies you discussed before i came on, you're certainly involved in the direction and the major decisions that are taking place. so i think it's somewhat disingenuous to say he wasn't involved if he is acknowledging he it did do board work as a result of his involvement on behalf of bain's investment. >> shannon o'brien, the 2002 democratic massachusetts gubernatorial nominee who ran against mitt romney. thanks for your insight. this rabbit hole is yet deeper but you've helped us figure out some. >> one of the former partners, ed conard is going to be chris hayes guest tomorrow. that's going to be really good. you should watch that. if you're not going to be up that early, dvr it. okay. lots still ahead, including a popcorn worthy spy ending tonight. erica's favorite cereal? oh, you're good! hey, did you know that honey nut cheerios is... oh you too!
but what a board does is very important, frankly not only to the governance of the company, the direction they are taking and major decisions they are taking. even though you may not be involved in the day to day management of bain or the companies you discussed before i came on, you're certainly involved in the direction and the major decisions that are taking place. so i think it's somewhat disingenuous to say he wasn't involved if he is acknowledging he it did do board work as a result of...
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what a board does is very, very important, frankly not only to the governance to a company, the direction they're taking, the major decisions that a company is taking, so even though you may not be involved in the day to day management of bain or the companies you discussed before i came on, but you're certainly involved in the direction and the major decisions that are taking place. so i think that it's somewhat disingenuous for him to say he was not involved if he was acknowledging he did board work as a result of his involvement on behalf of bain's investments. >> shannon o'brien who ran against mitt romney. thank you for your insight and helping us figure this out tonight. this rabbit hole is yet deeper and we're going to keep going. but you helped us figure out some of it. >> one quick programming note. one of mitt romney's former partners at bain is going to be chris hayes' guest tomorrow. that's going to be really good. you should watch that. if you're not going to be up that early, dvr it. okay. >> lots still ahead including a popcorn worthy spy movie ending to this show tonight.
what a board does is very, very important, frankly not only to the governance to a company, the direction they're taking, the major decisions that a company is taking, so even though you may not be involved in the day to day management of bain or the companies you discussed before i came on, but you're certainly involved in the direction and the major decisions that are taking place. so i think that it's somewhat disingenuous for him to say he was not involved if he was acknowledging he did...
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we've lost four of our diplomats and what is the signal that our government is sending the world. >> paul ryan wants to look like president obama is one-term jimmy cartier and paul ryan would be cast as ronald reagan. but it's notable that he's even trying in a campaign that's been unwilling and unable to engage america in the larger world. he's finally trying to do it. in terms of what they're going to do, on even just say the issue of war we're in right now, they have really been unwilling to engage. maybe this means they'll start. so far, i mean, famously mr. romney didn't mention the war in afghanistan at all. he explained in speeches like that you don't go through a laundry list. you go through things that are important. the war wasn't important to him. but it's not just specifically afghanistan. here's another one. if you go to mitt romney's website right now and you type the word drones into the search box on the website because you want to know his position. you will find three results. three. one result is mr. romney criticizing mr. obama after a drone crashed in iran. then
we've lost four of our diplomats and what is the signal that our government is sending the world. >> paul ryan wants to look like president obama is one-term jimmy cartier and paul ryan would be cast as ronald reagan. but it's notable that he's even trying in a campaign that's been unwilling and unable to engage america in the larger world. he's finally trying to do it. in terms of what they're going to do, on even just say the issue of war we're in right now, they have really been...
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we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a brighter future. >> where was this belief system when romney was talking to the big money crowd back in may? romney sounds a heck of a lot different than the guy in boca raton who made a character judgment about half country. >> these are people who pay no income tax. 47% of americans pay no income kax. our message of low taxes doesn't connect. out there talking about tax cuts to the rich. that's what they sell every four years, and so my job is not to worry about those people. they should take personal responsibility -- >> okay, so mitt romney seems confused. wait a minute. other republicans have complete clarity on the matter and they're jumping ship. they've had enough. the latest man overboard was romney campaign co-chairman tim pawlenty. pawlenty announced today he's leaving the campaign to become a top wall street lobbyist. pawlenty never met a sinking campaign he couldn't bail out on. he didn't seek re-election of governor of minnesota after a dissast rous
we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a brighter future. >> where was this belief system when romney was talking to the big money crowd back in may? romney sounds a heck of a lot different than the guy in boca raton who made a character judgment about half country. >> these are people who pay no income tax. 47% of americans pay no income kax. our message of low taxes doesn't connect. out there talking about...
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governing philosophy. barack obama has not been the left winger as president that a lot of other people have accused him of being, and many progressives know that to be true. >> certainly. >> there's a follow on in health care that clinton tried. there's tax cuts that the president supported, this president supported. i think there's a unity there. i think obama will try to bridge the two tonight and will probably do a good job. >> howard fineman, very good to see you during the day on msnbc. we look forward to having you on again. >>> straight ahead, i show you some bhiends the scenes fun at the rnc. now it's time to see how the dems are partying and what the slebs and musical acts say about their party. haen std. t inken c haen sen boe. doer ocai e'en. std. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s.
governing philosophy. barack obama has not been the left winger as president that a lot of other people have accused him of being, and many progressives know that to be true. >> certainly. >> there's a follow on in health care that clinton tried. there's tax cuts that the president supported, this president supported. i think there's a unity there. i think obama will try to bridge the two tonight and will probably do a good job. >> howard fineman, very good to see you during...
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free enterprise over government programs. that also scores well. but not as well as i said. and free enterprise programs don't generally do as well. what isn't selling so well is this argument about the rich, the very rich. >> fairness sells well. just so you know, we used exact quotes from the president and mitt romney during their speeches to the associated press editors luncheon. they really did frame their arguments and that's where we grab the phrases from. that tests well. but when you turn it into where it sounds like class warfare -- >> that doesn't work. >> i can tell you i've talked to some democrats today who said, i wish he wouldn't go there. there is a line here that he went too far. >> by the way, frank rose was born with a big silver spoon in his mouth. barack obama is the first afterno african-american president. is there going to be a reluctance to talk about dumping the first african-american president? wait a minute here, this guy is going to knock out the first guy who came aboard? >> my guess is it's a wash. some voters may be reluctant for that reason,
free enterprise over government programs. that also scores well. but not as well as i said. and free enterprise programs don't generally do as well. what isn't selling so well is this argument about the rich, the very rich. >> fairness sells well. just so you know, we used exact quotes from the president and mitt romney during their speeches to the associated press editors luncheon. they really did frame their arguments and that's where we grab the phrases from. that tests well. but when...
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we tend to think the government doesn't create jobs. what the government does is crea create. i wish we had somebody translating these guys, but somewhere in there, is there a populist argument? i would just say i don't, they have something of being better off economically. two-thirds of them are not above 100,000 a year. republicans are packed with people like my parents. is there some kind of populist anger that rick santorum can still grab and use against romney? >> there is two messages that rick santorum is trying to propel himself forward with, and they're not in contradiction but they're both difficult to make and certainly at the same time. one is the populist theory, that romney is a creature of wall street, that we need a president that understands the real lives of working people better than mitt romney does. the other message, and this is what he means, i believe, when he talks about how he doesn't care about the unemployment rate, is a message about morality. rick santorum has sort of taken on himself, and made himself the vessel of all this conservative suspicion
we tend to think the government doesn't create jobs. what the government does is crea create. i wish we had somebody translating these guys, but somewhere in there, is there a populist argument? i would just say i don't, they have something of being better off economically. two-thirds of them are not above 100,000 a year. republicans are packed with people like my parents. is there some kind of populist anger that rick santorum can still grab and use against romney? >> there is two...
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so there is no doubt that we are moving into a time when the government is going to do less for people, and it is going to ask more from people, and that is simple math of the budget, and people, and the thing that is going to be pulling america out of this is more self-reliance of individuals, but they have not gotten the message yet, and lot of people haven't anyway that you are on your own and no poll politician is going to tell the them that and they are feed iing them a l in this campaign that some new policy in washington will fix your problem. it is not going to happen. >> let me pause on this, because this is counter to what the president said yesterday. yesterday he said, and this might be the thing that makes us exceptional relative to the european economic crisis is that america has a political solution to our economic crisis, and he talked about the need to be spending at the state and the local level, and if we have a second, let's take a listen to that. >> where we are seeing the weaknesses in the economy have to do with the state and the local government. oftentimes cuts
so there is no doubt that we are moving into a time when the government is going to do less for people, and it is going to ask more from people, and that is simple math of the budget, and people, and the thing that is going to be pulling america out of this is more self-reliance of individuals, but they have not gotten the message yet, and lot of people haven't anyway that you are on your own and no poll politician is going to tell the them that and they are feed iing them a l in this campaign...
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government at the location is a part of that investigation now. tamron? >> let' play another excerpt. earlier some of the comments made. let's play them. >> the second bombing was an improvised explosive device placed on the north gate breaching the wall. it was a test by terrorists and it was successful. and we didn't respond fully and adequately. we didn't acknowledge it. we didn't talk about it. we pretended it didn't happen. it was a terrorist attack on a u.s. asset in libya. and it was never exposed. we pretended it didn't happen. well guess what. the third time the terrorists came to attack us, they were -- even more successful. killing four americans. >> of course, the congressman referring to two previous bombings at that consulate in benghazi. kelly, i don't know if you have the answer to this, but it's obviously been brought up. the state department changing the details right before this hearing. do we know if that was to get, i guess, its version out before some of the harsher questions are asked or new information even down 0 the lieutenant co
government at the location is a part of that investigation now. tamron? >> let' play another excerpt. earlier some of the comments made. let's play them. >> the second bombing was an improvised explosive device placed on the north gate breaching the wall. it was a test by terrorists and it was successful. and we didn't respond fully and adequately. we didn't acknowledge it. we didn't talk about it. we pretended it didn't happen. it was a terrorist attack on a u.s. asset in libya....
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and really a lot of people hate their government. because of -- >> now, mud cat, let me ask you a question. let me ask you a question. i didn't want to cut you off. but i have to get to you because i don't want to run out of time on you and steve. i've been waiting all day because i knew you were coming on. i've looked at the polls and i understand group after group the president's establishing a commanding lead. latinos up 45 points. he leads women by 19 points. catholics by 15 points. all of them i could understand given the policy positions of this campaign. but here's one that is right down your alley to explain to me. romney is losing the nascar base, the nascar base. obama leads romney 49-42 among nascar enthusiasts, according to the new zogby poll. can you explain that? >> because thurston howell doesn't drive a car. it's that simple. nascar is a down home sport. elitism is not tolerated. its roots go to rural america and rural america -- look where i'm from, hillbillies, hillbilly land. i told many people we're ego maniacs wi
and really a lot of people hate their government. because of -- >> now, mud cat, let me ask you a question. let me ask you a question. i didn't want to cut you off. but i have to get to you because i don't want to run out of time on you and steve. i've been waiting all day because i knew you were coming on. i've looked at the polls and i understand group after group the president's establishing a commanding lead. latinos up 45 points. he leads women by 19 points. catholics by 15 points....
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while government can't fix the problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn't have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief. that's why i'm sending this congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage by refinancing at historically low rates. no more red tape, no more run around from the banks. a small fee on the largest financial institutions will insure that it won't add to the def i fit and will give the banks a chance to repay a deficit of trust. [ applause ] let's never forget millions of americans who work hard and played by the rules every day deserve a government and a financial system that do the same. it's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom. no bail-outs, no hand-outs, and no cop-outs. an america built to last insists on responsibility from everybody. we've all paid the price for lenders who sold mortgages to people who couldn't afford them. and buyers who knew they couldn't afford them. that's why we need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior. [ appla
while government can't fix the problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn't have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief. that's why i'm sending this congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage by refinancing at historically low rates. no more red tape, no more run around from the banks. a small fee on the largest financial institutions will insure that it won't add to the def i fit and...
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means they're saying that the government has the ability under the commerce clause to help people, and that would be a great thing. if they don't, we need to stang strongly for medicare for all. >> be sure to tune in tomorrow night. i'll be with democratic leader nancy pelosi. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> that's great to hear you're going to have nancy pelosi on tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a huge day, one of those days we live for in this business. for no doubt. >> i'll see you tomorrow. thanks for staying with us for the next hour. 13 hours from right this second, we will be reading the most eagerly anticipated supreme court decision since the conservative majority of the court decided to george b. bush the president more than a decade ago. at 10:00 a.m., the supreme court in its baroque ceremonial ostentatious way are going to do three things at once, post the health care ruling online, hand the document to court reporters that contains the ruling, and inside the court, they will reportedly read excerpts of their ruling from the bench. all those happen all at o
means they're saying that the government has the ability under the commerce clause to help people, and that would be a great thing. if they don't, we need to stang strongly for medicare for all. >> be sure to tune in tomorrow night. i'll be with democratic leader nancy pelosi. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> that's great to hear you're going to have nancy pelosi on tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a huge day, one of those days we live for in this business....
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we don't need a big government agenda or a small government agenda. we need a middle class agenda that rewards hard work and responsibility. we don't need a partisan agenda. we need a common sense agenda that says, when we educate a poor child, we'll a. be better off we need a vision that says we don't just look out for yourself. we look out for one another. we look out for future generations. and we meet those obligations by working together. that's the change we believe in. that's what this election's all. now, let's be clear. achieving this agenda won't be easy. it's never been easy. we always knew that. back in 2008, when we talked about change i told you, i wasn't just talking about changing presidents. i wasn't just talking about changing parties. i was talking about changing our politics. i ran because the voices of the american people, your voice, had been shut out of our democracy for way too long. by lobbyists and special interests and politicians who believe that compromise is somehow a dirty word. by folks who would say anything to win off
we don't need a big government agenda or a small government agenda. we need a middle class agenda that rewards hard work and responsibility. we don't need a partisan agenda. we need a common sense agenda that says, when we educate a poor child, we'll a. be better off we need a vision that says we don't just look out for yourself. we look out for one another. we look out for future generations. and we meet those obligations by working together. that's the change we believe in. that's what this...
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and what about the afghan government? it's meaningless here, they say. you think it's possible that the taliban will try and come back? "yes, they will," he says. "it it makes a decades worth of american battles seem futile. it wasn't always like this. >> the united states military has begun strikes. >> reporter: at first -- >> one, two, three! >> reporter: -- the war had momentum. and a clear purpose. al qaeda with bases in afghanistan attacked the united states on 9/11. just three months later, the u.s. drove the taliban from power. al qaeda and osama bin laden were on the run. it was done with a few hundred cia officers, special forces and air power. a quick victory but not decisive. and then came the distraction of a new war in iraq. the taliban regrouped, and the u.s. began a nation-building project that has been far less successful. the government washington helped put in place is widely considered corrupt. president karzai is supposed to be out by 2015. but afghans don't believe it. the war has brought some benefits to afghans. 3 million girls now
and what about the afghan government? it's meaningless here, they say. you think it's possible that the taliban will try and come back? "yes, they will," he says. "it it makes a decades worth of american battles seem futile. it wasn't always like this. >> the united states military has begun strikes. >> reporter: at first -- >> one, two, three! >> reporter: -- the war had momentum. and a clear purpose. al qaeda with bases in afghanistan attacked the united...
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government regulations change... oil peaks and plummets. and let's not even get started on the weather. the fact is: no two flights are ever the same. no matter how many times we've accomplished them in the past. the eighty-thousand employees at delta... must predict the unpredictable. anticipate the unexpected. and never let the rules... overrule common sense. this is how we tame the unwieldiness of air travel. pull it taut... and wrap it around the globe... until it's not just lines you...
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jockl thing and hi one irrelevo do governing. if you look at the indiana race that y n just by independence and democratic lso significant portions of the republican party as one4o other thing, terms of a skree-upor seople really care about the supreme court and thew: prospect of a republican president in the supreme court and having a republican >> prosecuted that case8 against republican senate. elizabeth warn prosecuted that case brilliantly. >> i want to go to jonathan some news about the race in florida specifically.an you tell us?rachel. anybody at inside the obama headquarters. ú but they arey surprisingly t thew# state of florida. they believe that at thtjat theil outstanding votes that have not been counted yet that are in broward and heavily counties. so they believe the late t in heavily for obama, and that gives them w they see as an stateç2 put jon-ñnk >> brown when he ran. truck and he ran around the state saying i'm the guy. i'm the guy that could go the car commerci next door/d neighbor. through his tenure in
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who believe they're victims and government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. >> who dismisses 47% of the american population as victims? >> he wasn't expressing any disdain for people poor or on entitlement programs at this point. >> absolutely not. >> i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. >> the problem is not they're not working hard enough or they don't want to work or they're being taxed too little. >> well, you know, it's not elegantly stated. >> when you express an attitude that half the country up considers itself victims. that somehow they want to be dependent on government. >> romney probably could have better explained himself. >> my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> what mitt romney said is he didn't state in the most elegant way. >> he's a very eloquent speaker, so i'm sure in the debates he'll be eloquent in describing his vision. >> my expectation is if you want to be president, you have to work f
who believe they're victims and government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. >> who dismisses 47% of the american population as victims? >> he wasn't expressing any disdain for people poor or on entitlement programs at this point. >> absolutely not. >> i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. >> the problem is not they're not working...
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nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. and if i want to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly, i don't have to go any further than the mirror. >> edwards could have faced up to three decades in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted of all the charges. s a said, though, he was convicted of none. for more we turn to nbc chief legal correspondent savannah guthrie joining us by phone. good morning. >> good morning, willie. i'm up every morning watching you. >> well, you have to be contractually for your job. >> well, that's true. >> don't pretend you are doing me any favors. >> frankly, we haven't covered this trial gaffele to gavel every day on the show. boil down what was at stake. what was the central question? >> the question was whether these donations as the prosecution alleged from two rich donors, to john edwards campaign in 2007th in 2028 exceeded the federal limit and should have been reported to the federal election committee. these were not campaign contributions. these were mon
nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. and if i want to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly, i don't have to go any further than the mirror. >> edwards could have faced up to three decades in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted of all the charges. s a said, though, he was convicted of none. for more we turn to nbc chief legal correspondent savannah guthrie joining us by phone. good morning. >> good morning,...
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it's about the government not seizing enough guns from people who are trying to buy guns in this country. if that were really the scandal here, you really think the nra would be all for it? you think the nra would be saying, oh, yeah, this is really important to us, that the federal government crack down and block more gun sales. we insist you vote on that. that would be insane. this whole scandal and this whole vote tomorrow is about the conspiracy theory that president obama purposely wanted there be gun violence so he could steal your guns. to the extent that anybody in the mainstream media politics fell for this that there was something other than that motivating all of that, today, that all fell apart, too. the effort to mainstream this story involved sidelining the conspiracy theory and talking about how really if you don't believe the conspiracy theory, you still have to admit it was egregious and offensive and stupid for the atf to let the gun sales go ahead. why would they purposely allow 2,000 guns to be purchased illegally and trafficked into mexico when they could have stoppe
it's about the government not seizing enough guns from people who are trying to buy guns in this country. if that were really the scandal here, you really think the nra would be all for it? you think the nra would be saying, oh, yeah, this is really important to us, that the federal government crack down and block more gun sales. we insist you vote on that. that would be insane. this whole scandal and this whole vote tomorrow is about the conspiracy theory that president obama purposely wanted...
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state of oklahoma, they elected a new principle chief, the highest elected office in the cherokee government. the new chief, bill john baker, defeated a three-term incumbent by just 11 votes out of more than 15,000 votes cast. it was a really, really close race. but bill john baker won, and now as principle chief bill john baker, he is running the cheer key nation. at the time of the election that made him principle chief, one of the issues that got raised was that mr. baker was of mixed ancestry. chief baker is, in fact, 1/32 cherokee. that makes him cherokee, the same as other cherokee leaders that also have a mixed ancestry. and as you can see here that bill john baker, that 1/32 cherokee is now the dually elected, dually serving principal chief of cherokee nation. in another election happening 1,600 miles away from oklahoma in massachusetts, republican senator scott brown of massachusetts is locked in a virtual tie to hold on to his seat against his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren. last month, boston's conservative tabloid, the "boston herald," published this headline, "harvard f
state of oklahoma, they elected a new principle chief, the highest elected office in the cherokee government. the new chief, bill john baker, defeated a three-term incumbent by just 11 votes out of more than 15,000 votes cast. it was a really, really close race. but bill john baker won, and now as principle chief bill john baker, he is running the cheer key nation. at the time of the election that made him principle chief, one of the issues that got raised was that mr. baker was of mixed...
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it has been the responsibility of the federal government to protect our borders and the federal government has failed. >> you have to be objective on this. i'll give you one more chance to slice this. back in '64, barry goldwater came out against the civil rights bill. by taking that position, he basically told the african-american community, forget about it. i'm not with you on the most important thing in the world to you right now which is civil rights, public accommodations, access to restaurant and hotels and gas station restrooms and all that came with it. all those freedoms that come with being an american. it seems like this time, it's pretty much the same thing only romney's saying i'm not with you and i'm just not with you in your sentiments. i'm going to go with the anglos, i'm going to go with the other side and put my chip money on the working class white guy who's ticked at you. i'm going the other way. you just lost with me. i've never seen a candidate take sides so clearly. >> i'll try to be objective, but my analytical point is the same. he has a huge problem because the po
it has been the responsibility of the federal government to protect our borders and the federal government has failed. >> you have to be objective on this. i'll give you one more chance to slice this. back in '64, barry goldwater came out against the civil rights bill. by taking that position, he basically told the african-american community, forget about it. i'm not with you on the most important thing in the world to you right now which is civil rights, public accommodations, access to...
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if what they want conflicts with what our civilian government wants? are we still, as a country, beholden to the operators? which is how michael hastings has titled his great new book. "the operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of the war in afghanistan." michael, congratulations on the book. it's great. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> that's how i see the two key insights of your book and of your reporting for rolling stone that weren't about mcchrystal as a person. counter insurgency as sort of a problem. >> i think those are the two main points. the original article was the runaway general. the book is the runaway military. besides the crazy one-month boozy wild maniac killers running around europe and in kandahar and afghanistan, i feel i'm trying to give an insight into the people after ten years of work who ended up running this thing. so that's very important. but, yes, the white house's struggle with the pentagon and president obama is trying to regain control of the don't. it's one of the major themes. and coins on the out
if what they want conflicts with what our civilian government wants? are we still, as a country, beholden to the operators? which is how michael hastings has titled his great new book. "the operators: the wild and terrifying inside story of the war in afghanistan." michael, congratulations on the book. it's great. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> that's how i see the two key insights of your book and of your reporting for rolling stone that weren't about...
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with extending all of it now, including the current spending levels, they're still pretty low, the government spending levels. but the real issue is not whether they should be extended for another few months, the real issue is whether the price the republican house will put on the extension is the permanent extension of the tax cuts. which i think is an error. >> all right. president obama has previously stated he only wants to extend the bush tax cuts for middle-class americans and not for the wealthy this time around. later, clinton's camp tried to clarify the comments. saying quote as president clinton has said many times before, he supported extending all the cuts in 2010 as part of the budget agreement. but does not believe the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans should be extended again. he simply said he doubted a long-term agreement on spending cuts and revenues would be reached until after the election. clinton irked some obama supporters when he killed mitt romney's business record sterling and urged caution when looking at some work good and some work bad as it relates to bain ca
with extending all of it now, including the current spending levels, they're still pretty low, the government spending levels. but the real issue is not whether they should be extended for another few months, the real issue is whether the price the republican house will put on the extension is the permanent extension of the tax cuts. which i think is an error. >> all right. president obama has previously stated he only wants to extend the bush tax cuts for middle-class americans and not...
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and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. morning, boys. so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve, and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, what is this, a drainpipe slipknot? wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the road like progressive commercial auto. [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> when confronted with something that for which you really should apologize, what do you do? do you express remorse? do you deny your can culpability? do you laugh nervously? an extremely prominent politician, an extremely prominent politician is now going with all three, all at once. deny it, be remorseful, laugh nervously. that is coming up and it's all on tape. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal?
and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. morning, boys. so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve, and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, what is this, a drainpipe slipknot? wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the road like progressive commercial auto. [...
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and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. >>> when confronted with something that for which you really should apologize, what do you do? do you express remorse? do you deny your can culpability? do you laugh nervously? an extremely prominent politician, an extremely prominent politician is now going with all three, all at once. deny it, be remorseful, laugh nervously. that is coming up and it's all on tape. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. with less
and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. >>> when confronted with something that for which you really should apologize, what do you do? do you express remorse? do you deny your can culpability? do you laugh nervously? an extremely prominent politician, an extremely prominent...
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that's not necessarily a fault of the balm administration, because of course the government did grow under the bush administration at well. president clinton was seen as a centralist democratic and mitt romney needs some of those voters. it is a gamble because obviously he supports the president and has been campaigning for the president, and invokes president clinton in a 2008 primary by what the obama campaign did was a gamble as well because it sort of unleashed the loose cannon part of bill clinton's personality and political persona, and romney is baiting that as well. we'll see how bill clinton responds to it, but i would manage he will come out even more strongly for obama in the coming days. >> maybe romney didn't read the paper that day, that bill clinton was campaigning for president obama. erin, steve, thank you for your time. saying goodbye to the king of disco, donna summer, that's next. ♪ so let's dance, lets dance, let's dance ♪ ♪ let's dance, let's dance tonight ♪ >> donna summer whose songs were the sound tracks to the '70s died today after a long struggle wi
that's not necessarily a fault of the balm administration, because of course the government did grow under the bush administration at well. president clinton was seen as a centralist democratic and mitt romney needs some of those voters. it is a gamble because obviously he supports the president and has been campaigning for the president, and invokes president clinton in a 2008 primary by what the obama campaign did was a gamble as well because it sort of unleashed the loose cannon part of bill...
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"usa today," quote, sandy clarifies federal government's role. "the seattle times," praise for barack obama. chris christie's bipartisan approach to hurricane sandy. in "the orlando sentinel," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. with me is u.s. congressman frank pallone, a democrat from new jersey. his district stretches from monmouth county to asbury park, and cynthia tucker is a visiting professor at the university of georgia. i want to talk to the congressman about your district. we're going to show some pictures now, but you describe it verbally. what is the condition of the jersey coast where you represent? >> it's really catastrophic, chris. i mean, i spent the last few days going to the various sections, and you see houses completely destroyed. washed away, businesses destroyed, the boardwalk, the beach club. and so many people displaced. i mean, today i was mainly concerned in trying to get food and water and shelter for people because it was getting colder out. so this is really catastrophic. i've never seen anything like it. >> how d
"usa today," quote, sandy clarifies federal government's role. "the seattle times," praise for barack obama. chris christie's bipartisan approach to hurricane sandy. in "the orlando sentinel," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. with me is u.s. congressman frank pallone, a democrat from new jersey. his district stretches from monmouth county to asbury park, and cynthia tucker is a visiting professor at the university of georgia. i want to talk to the congressman...
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from the "new york times," a big storm requires big government. usa today, sandy clarifying federal government's role. praise for barack obama, chris christie. and in the "orlando sentinal," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. joining me is the district along the jersey coast down to asbury park and cynthia tucker is from the university of georgia and a syndicated columnist. cynthia, i want to talk to the congressman about your district. would you describe verbally what is the condition of the jersey coast where you represent? >> it's really catastrophic, chris. i've spent the last few days going to the various sections and you see houses completely destroyed, washed away. businesses destroyed, the boardwalk, the beach club. and so many people displaced. i mean, today i was mainly concerned in trying to get food and water and shelter for people because it's getting colder out. so this is really catastrophic. i've never seen anything like it. >> how do you grade the effort of the governor up there, you guys in congress, have you all been able to
from the "new york times," a big storm requires big government. usa today, sandy clarifying federal government's role. praise for barack obama, chris christie. and in the "orlando sentinal," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. joining me is the district along the jersey coast down to asbury park and cynthia tucker is from the university of georgia and a syndicated columnist. cynthia, i want to talk to the congressman about your district. would you describe verbally what...
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government buildings in two countries leaving one state employee dead. >>> all eyes on apple as the buzz builds over the rumored next generation iphone. >>> deep impact. an astronomer captures an explosion on jupiter. good morning. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with under siege. violent protest broke out between libya and egypt resulting in the death of at least one american. smoke and flames billowed out after libyan security forces clashed with armed protesters throwing bombs at the compound. they were outraged by a film promoted by an advocate that criticizes. secretary of state, hillary clinton, condemned the attacked and confirmed one state officer was killed in the protest. >>> anger built over the same movie. they replaced the mern flag with a black islamic flag. the white house is denying a split. the white house says president obama spoke on the telephone with benjamin netanyahu and said they are trying to stop iran from building a nuclear web. they report he rejected a meeting with netanyahu next week. netany
government buildings in two countries leaving one state employee dead. >>> all eyes on apple as the buzz builds over the rumored next generation iphone. >>> deep impact. an astronomer captures an explosion on jupiter. good morning. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with under siege. violent protest broke out between libya and egypt resulting in the death of at least one american. smoke and...
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america is on the cusp of having a government-run economy. that's where he's taking us. >> fear for their economic freedom, ari melber, can mitt romney convince 51% to fear for their economic freedom? >> well, he can try, and i think he's seizing on some of the energy that's out there and the energy, frankly, that was more aligned with other candidates like the tea party concerns and libertarian concerns. on the facts, if we can do a quick fact check, he's not accurate in saying that the economy is moving towards a majority government control, we do know what state economies look like in that part of the world and we don't have that structure and we don't have that tax code either, although there were periods long ago under conservative presidents where we had higher tax rates. i don't think that really wash. i disagree with the way that krystal put it, i don't think that romney got a great bounce but the discomfort with him has faded. his ratings were in the high 50s and they dipped back below 50% largely because he's consolidated republican
america is on the cusp of having a government-run economy. that's where he's taking us. >> fear for their economic freedom, ari melber, can mitt romney convince 51% to fear for their economic freedom? >> well, he can try, and i think he's seizing on some of the energy that's out there and the energy, frankly, that was more aligned with other candidates like the tea party concerns and libertarian concerns. on the facts, if we can do a quick fact check, he's not accurate in saying...
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our government has a moral commitment to help every american help himself. >> but poverty would be far worse under him giving the proposals that he is supporting. >> yeah. >> does me forget he supports the ryan plan. look at this. the romney ryan plan that cuts 3.3 trillion from low income programs, programs like medicaid, food stamps, pell grants, and job training. so one hand you're supporting the ryan plan that is your plan, and on the other hand, you talk about poverty is a moral failure. >> clearly that was a talking point that someone wrote for him. remember, mitt romney is also the person that said he wasn't very concerned the very poor because there are social safety net programs that cake care of those people. what he clearly doesn't understand, and if we're going to talk about a lack of understanding on how things with work, as you pointed out, the romney/ryan budget plan would slash all of those plans. so if you want to talk about the moral hob ligations, how about the obligations of the people that rely on those programs including our veterans and millions of american child
our government has a moral commitment to help every american help himself. >> but poverty would be far worse under him giving the proposals that he is supporting. >> yeah. >> does me forget he supports the ryan plan. look at this. the romney ryan plan that cuts 3.3 trillion from low income programs, programs like medicaid, food stamps, pell grants, and job training. so one hand you're supporting the ryan plan that is your plan, and on the other hand, you talk about poverty is...
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turning now overseas, new signs of desperation from the syrian government. for the first time in the two-year conflict, the assad regime is resorted to firing scud missiles to slow rebel forces. they close in on the capitol of damascus. officials say at least half dozen scud missiles packed with explosives were launched toward another syrian military base that was overtaken by the rebels. richard engel reporting from the region says two of the scuds landed in civilian neighborhoods. the news comes the same day more than 100 countries, including the united states, officially gave recognition to the syrian opposition forces. a day after north korea successfully launched a satellite into orbit, leaders in washington, japan, south korea are calling for immediate consequences, even the chinese are criticizing north korea's move. the three stage ballistic missile was carrying a satellite which u.s. officials now say is tumbling out of control as it orbits the earth. the purpose, unclear. the officials say the rocket is similar to design to one that could potential
turning now overseas, new signs of desperation from the syrian government. for the first time in the two-year conflict, the assad regime is resorted to firing scud missiles to slow rebel forces. they close in on the capitol of damascus. officials say at least half dozen scud missiles packed with explosives were launched toward another syrian military base that was overtaken by the rebels. richard engel reporting from the region says two of the scuds landed in civilian neighborhoods. the news...